About Kusmur Village

Kusmur is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 887, made up of 430 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kusmur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kusmur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	267.78 hectares
Population	887
Male Population	430
Female Population	457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kusmur compares

By the 2011 count Kusmur is the 63rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 267.78 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Kusmur

Kusmur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kusmur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kusmur from other places

Kusmur lies about 93 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Sakti, about 63 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kusmur
Nearest town	Saraipali	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	21 km
Nearest railway station	Sakti	63 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	93 km

Villages closest to Kusmur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basna tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kusmur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kusmur village had a population of 887. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Kusmur village has 430 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kusmur has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Kusmur is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kusmur covers 267.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kusmur falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kusmur is Sakti, about 63 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kusmur.

Kusmur is about 93 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kusmur is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 17 km away. Basna is about 21 km away. Sakti is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.